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Volunteers serve the guests and staff at Gateway Mission in many capacities. One volunteer saw the need to love people through the gift of a cozy place to rest. And she has done just that.  Over the years, Mary and a sewing group called Sewing with a Purpose, have provided hundreds of pillows and …

We offer varying programs and resources to help our guests discover the hope and future that is possible. From short-term emergency services to long-term life-changing programs, we help hurting people discover a life of dignity and renewed purpose. We have Emergency Services providing for the …

What are some ways that we can walk with those in poverty? We must first recognize that it is messy – to enter into someone’s traumatic experiences can be scary. As we learned in the previous post, it is important to discern visible poverty and invisible poverty. By addressing the invisible poverty …

They are real people who often have horror stories of trauma and abandonment. A better term to describe the homeless could be “relation less” rather than homeless. This situation could be your very own mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, grandmothers, and grandfathers. You could be …

Anyone can fall into poverty through oppression, injustice, addictions, natural disasters, a traumatic past, a lack of skills, or generational learned helplessness. Some folks need to reconnect with loved-ones, others need help with financial planning and management. There is no one-size-fits all …

In discussions surrounding homelessness, this topic is often the underlying cause. People would agree that the homeless are a straightforward illusion of poverty. Poor generally means economic or material poverty and has the characteristics of inadequate food, unable to support oneself, …

We are all faced with people experiencing homelessness. Maybe it is someone we know or the familiar panhandler on the corner. We must see the homeless population as real people – not addicts or drunks or prostitutes. Instead, they are people made in the image of God. The homeless are indeed some of …

“I was broken and so tired of being alone…” All his life, Dennis craved stability, but it never seemed possible. “ I hated being around home, as a kid. My father was an alcoholic… he would get drunk and break things, screaming that he was going to kill himself.” When Dennis went to live with his …

Mollie experienced childhood trauma at the hands of family members that left her fearful. Drugs and alcohol became a way to cope with her past. They helped numb the fear – until they created a new type of fear. “Addiction began controlling me,” Mollie says. “I had no friends and nowhere to live. I …

Justin grew up in a loving home, with caring parents. But as he grew older his insecurities got the better of him. “I was always made fun of for being the smaller kid… I took it a lot harder than I should have. Then I started making excuses and looking for things to fill those voids.” His breaking …